Foreman Foresees Bridge Between Farmers And Consumers
U S Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carol Tucker Foreman told Iowa Mid-America Dairymen in Altoona that a bridge is being built between farmers and consumers. She cited USDA programs tying stakeholders, including Food Stamps school meals and dairy farm markets, and noted $5.1 billion went to farmers last year while total food program spending reached $12.8 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Carol Tucker Foreman
Iowa
Mid-America Dairymen, Inc
Foreman
Altoona
Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutritional Service
USDA
Department
Food Safety and Quality Service
Agriculture Council of America
Maturity date extended on commodity loans
Marion County ASC chair Russell Crozier notes a voluntary extension for 1976 crop warehouse stored price support loans in barley corn sorghum wheat oats and rye maturing July 31 through Sept 30 1977. Extended date may be Oct 31 1977 with original terms. Extension requires a signed warehouse statement and loan repayment if not extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Crozier
Marion County
ASC
CCC
Marion County 4-H'ers place in state fair classes
Twenty-one Marion County exhibits earned blue red and white ribbons in state fair divisions across home improvements food and nutrition textiles and clothing creative arts and public display. Names include LeAnn Harrington Valerie Newendorp Cathy Stull Linda Williams Melinda Goemaat JoAnn Thorson Becky Rietveld Linda Dykhuis Lisa Holst Janet Griffin Kris Wahl Kay Wahle Julie Rgan Diane Brown Valerie Van Waardhuizen Stephanie Vruwink Laura Wallace Carl Van Zee Sue Fisher John Stull Marcia Goemaat Jim Perkins Tami Edwards and others beyond. Exhibits were on display in the 4-H building during the fair’s 11 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Marion County Home Improvements
LeAnn Harrington
Valerie Newendorp
Cathy Stull
Linda Williams
Melinda Goemaat
JoAnn Thorson
Becky Rietveld
Linda Dykhuis
Lisa Holst
Janet Griffin
Kris Wahl
Kay Wahle
Julie Rgan
Diane Brown
Valerie van Waardhuizen
Our County
Stephanie Vruwink
Laura Wallace
Tim Brackin
Carl van Zee
Sue Fisher
John Stull
Marcia Goemaat
Jim Perkins
Tami Edwards
Towa
Pella 4-H Club Plans Adventureland Trip and Plant Demonstrations
The Pella 4-H club met at Susan Wickhart's home on September 10, 1977 with seventeen members present. They discussed county and state fair achievements, applying for 4-H awards, and planned a cookout and an Adventureland Park trip for Sept 17. Demonstrations covered potting soil, foliage plant propagation, plant care, and horse preparation for riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Susan Wickhart
Adventureland Park
Stephanie Seltan
Cathy Vanden Berg
Debbie Dykhuis
USDA raises grain loan rates for corn and oats
The USDA boosted national loan rates effective immediately. Corn per bushel rises to 2.00 from 1.75 and 1.50, while oats per bushel climbs to 1.03 from 1.00 and 0.72. Acting Secretary John C. White cites cost-price squeeze. moves mirror proposed 1977 farm bill. ASCS administers the program and county offices handle disbursements for farmers with 1977 crop feed grain loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
John C. White
Congress
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Harvest festival set for Sept. 17 18 at Living History Farms
A fall harvest festival will run September 17 and 18 from 10 am to 5 pm at Living History Farms east of I 35 and I 80 in Des Moines. Demonstrations include cider sorghum apple butter canning and drying. children can craft jewelry from corncobs carve faces on apples and play turn of the century games. other activities include soap quilting pottery wool carding rope making. Admission is 3 dollars for adults 1.5 dollars for children 2 dollars for seniors and free for under 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Living History Farms
1-35
I-80
Des Moines
Mammoth melon grows in Otley
In Otley Andrew Rooda a retired farmer yielded a 19 pound musk melon in his first summer of home gardening. Seeds from a store bought melon were planted and what appeared to be a cucumber grew into a single giant melon eaten by about 20 people praised as delicious and very sweet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Rooda
Rooda
Otley
Albert van Zee
Heinold to Open Eighth Hog Market Near Pella Iowa
Heinold Hog Markets announces construction of its eighth market in Iowa located 4.5 miles east of Pella on Route 163. A 12 000 square foot facility on 5.5 acres will be remodeled from an existing building to handle up to 1000 hogs daily with loading chutes and extra pens. Operations planned by end of 1977 with Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. hours and the Guaranteed Hog Price Program. The Pella market joins 75 others across seven Midwestern states under Heinold management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinold
Iowa
Pella
Verlin D. Jackson
Jackson
Heinold Hog Markets
Midwestern
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Schmidt Pole
Sully
Botter
Nick’s Farm Service Inc
Hirsch
Poland
China
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Indianola
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Mi. S
Carl & Harlan Hirsch
Farm Bureau Insurance
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
West Des Moines, Iowa
Ivan A. Terrell
Knoxville
Boyd E. Bennett
Bussey
Harold Robinson
E.J. (Jr.) Dennison
Grinnell Livestock
Ralph Fleener
KGRN-1410
Pella, Iowa
Oskaloosa Livestock
Jim McDonough
Perea
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